GE 2101 PHY 106 - LABORATORY ACTIVITY: PRELIMINARIES

EXPERIMENT 1: RESOLVING FORCES

OBJECTIVES
ABSTRACT
MATERIALS
METHODOLOGY
DATA & RESULTS

TRIAL 1

m1: 0.205 kg
F: 2.01105 N
: 40 (40 )
Experimental Value Analytical Value Percent Error
FX 1.50 N 1.54055 N 2.63 %
FY 1.27040 N 1.29268 N 1.72 %

TRIAL 2

m1: 0.19 kg
F: 1.8639 N
: 32 (32 )
Experimental Value Analytical Value Percent Error
FX 1.6 N 1.58067 N 1.22 %
FY 0.94667 N 0.98771 N 4.16 %

COMPUTATIONS

OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS

CONCLUSION
QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS
EXPERIMENT 2: RESULTANT & EQUILIBRANT

OBJECTIVES
THEORY
MATERIALS
METHODOLOGY
DATA & RESULTS

TWO FORCES

Fg (Ana) Direction FE (Exp) Direction Percent Error

0.8829 N 270 () 0.9 N 90 () 1.94 %

THREE FORCES

m1 = 0.045 kg F1 = 0.44145 N 1 = 41 (41 N of E)

m2 = 0.0055 kg F2 = 0.53955 N 2 = 311 (49 S of E)

Experimental Graphical Analytical

FR 0.7 N 0.69713 N
R 170 (10 N of W) 320.71 (39.29 S of E)
Percent Error 0.4 % VOID

COMPUTATIONS
OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS
EXPERIMENT 3: PARALLEL FORCES

OBJECTIVES
THEORY
MATERIALS
METHODOLOGY
DATA & RESULTS

PART 1

Anticlockwise Moments Clockwise Moments

Distance Distance
Moment of Moment of
Force (N) from pivot Force (N) from pivot
force (N.m) force (N.m)
(m) (m)
1 0.53955 N 0.08 m 0.043164 0.53955 N 0.08 m 0.043164
N.m N.m
2 0.73575 N 0.08 m 0.05886 0.53955 N 0.104 m 0.0561132
N.m N.m
3 0.93195 N 0.08 m 0.074556 0.53955 N 0.129 m 0.069602
N.m N.m

PART 2

Anticlockwise Moments Clockwise Moments

Moment Moment
of force of force
F1 (N) d1 (m) F2 (N) d2 (m) F3 (N) d3 (m)
(N.m) (N.m)
[Total] [Total]
1
2
3

COMPUTATIONS
OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS